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Fri, 22 Jul 2022 19:00:52 +1000
Community in shock after third man found dead after shooting near Warrnambool
Police were already investigating the deaths of two men at Kirkstall when a third man’s body was discovered at a nearby address.

Fri, 22 Jul 2022 19:00:00 +1000
Greek archbishop sues pensioners, critics for defamation
Australia’s Greek Orthodox archbishop has launched a number of expensive lawsuits to pursue his critics for defamation.

Fri, 22 Jul 2022 19:00:00 +1000
$3m a month: Court documents reveal cost of locking up sick refugees in city motel
After months detained in hotel rooms at the Mantra, and later at the Park Hotel in Carlton, most of the refugees were released into the community, where it costs $4429 a year to live on a bridging visa.

Fri, 22 Jul 2022 18:58:16 +1000
As it happened: Morrison government ‘sabotaged protocols’ with election day leak; Splendour in the Grass cancels first day of festival amid heavy rainfall; US Ambassador Caroline Kennedy in Sydney
The Morrison government ‘placed pressure’ on Home Affairs over election-day boat intercept, Splendour in the Grass organisers vowed to push ahead with the music festival and new US ambassador Caroline Kennedy arrived in Sydney.

Fri, 22 Jul 2022 18:57:44 +1000
Woman dies in Melbourne house fire
A woman has died in a house fire in Melbourne overnight.

Fri, 22 Jul 2022 18:52:47 +1000
Victorian Police Commissioner slams sentence handed to cop basher
The Victorian Police Commissioner has slammed the sentence handed to a Warrnambool man who bashed two officers with a baseball bat.

Fri, 22 Jul 2022 18:51:38 +1000
Man found dead in Queensland floodwaters
A man has been found dead in Queensland floodwaters following a search for a swept-away car.

Fri, 22 Jul 2022 18:46:26 +1000
Child allegedly attacked at random in Melbourne's north
A man has allegedly raped a child in Melbourne's north in a completely random attack.

Fri, 22 Jul 2022 18:43:39 +1000
Man to remain in custody after facing court charged with raping girl, 11
The court heard the man is a refugee and has a history of suicidal ideation, intoxication and substance misuse.

Fri, 22 Jul 2022 18:41:20 +1000
Travellers from Indonesia to Australia now ‘compelled’ to clean shoes to control foot and mouth
Travellers arriving from Indonesia to Australia are now ‘compelled’ to hand over their shoes for cleaning to help control the spread of foot and mouth disease.

Fri, 22 Jul 2022 18:36:09 +1000
Day one of Splendour In The Grass cancelled after extreme weather conditions
Day one of Splendour In The Grass was cancelled after extreme weather conditions caused floods and a mud pit.

Fri, 22 Jul 2022 18:18:10 +1000
Coroner calls for Medicare for prisoners after Indigenous man dies of ear infection
Douglas “Mootijah” Shillingsworth died of an ear infection that may have been prevented by a check-up available on Medicare, which is not available to NSW inmates.

Fri, 22 Jul 2022 18:11:08 +1000
‘Boundless cruelty’: Rapist Robert Wilson jailed for 22 years for attacks on woman
Wilson took the woman to his home after they met on a dating app. By the time he dropped her off five days later, she was unrecognisable to a friend because of her bruised and swollen face.

Fri, 22 Jul 2022 17:07:12 +1000
MacTiernan faces calls to step down over ‘cheap meat’ FMD comments
WA’s agriculture minister said milk and meat would still be available in the event of a foot and mouth disease outbreak, and some would argue it would be cheaper.

Fri, 22 Jul 2022 17:01:20 +1000
Police chief to urge appeal over sentence for man who attacked officers with baseball bat, Taser
Police Chief Commissioner Shane Patton said he was “disappointed” with the outcome and would be urging the prosecution to appeal against the three-year jail term.

Fri, 22 Jul 2022 16:45:54 +1000
Werner Reich: death camp magician
Reich and other prisoners were forced to run naked past Dr Josef Mengele, who would decide who was fit enough to work and who went to the gas chambers.

Fri, 22 Jul 2022 16:36:04 +1000
Nine arrested in multi-state sting over alleged drug-smuggling plot
Police allege a Colombian syndicate was also involved in the plot to smuggle 700 kilograms of cocaine hidden in another substance.

Fri, 22 Jul 2022 16:23:09 +1000
Three dead after incident in rural Victoria
Police have confirmed three men have died following an incident in Kirkstall on Friday morning.

Fri, 22 Jul 2022 16:20:10 +1000
Shirley Cass: writer, artist and political influencer
Shirley Marion Cass, writer and artist, died in Melbourne in June at the age of 86. Her work and much of her life were shaped by her “impossible nostalgia” for “the place her parents left behind”.

Fri, 22 Jul 2022 16:13:59 +1000
Scout leader set to ‘die in jail’ after abusing boys for decades
Roderick Corrie, 79, sexually abused at least 18 boys around Sydney’s northern suburbs, from the early 1960s.



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